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Old March 29, 2010, 07:22 PM
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to gander = to gaze
to bug = to bother
to hound = to persistantly question or search
to skunk = to overwhelingly win
to slothe = to laze around
to hawk = to agressively sell
to bitch = to complain obnoxiously
to cow = to intimidate
to outfox = to outsmart
to louse (up)= to mess up

There's more, and those are just the verbs.

PS: to grouse= to complain
to whale = to loudly cry
Pienso que es to wail
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Old March 29, 2010, 08:46 PM
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to horse around - to fool around
to cat around - to spend one's time idly | to hunt for a sexual mate
to wolf down - to eat quickly
to chicken out - to be afraid, to back out of a deal
to hog something - to keep something to oneself
to parrot - to mimic (speech)
to ape - to mimic (movement)
to crow over something - to boast
to pony up - to settle a debt (pay an account)
to eagle - to shoot two strokes under par in the game of golf
to birdie - to shoot one stroke under par
to bear - to support
to ferret out - to search out
to snake - to wind or twist through a place
to flounder - to struggle
to rat - to squeal
to mouse - to prowl about (quietly)
to crab - to move sideways
to skunk - to thoroughly defeat someone in a game
to goose - to poke a person between the buttocks (to startle)
to buffalo - to intimidate | to puzzle, confuse
to bull - to force or shove one's way around
to sponge - to live at the expense of others
to fish - to search carefully | to seek to obtain something (like a compliment)
to worm = to snake
to worm - to obtain by persistent effort, to escape by persistent effort
to hawk - to peddle (sell goods) | to raise phlegm from the throat
to skate - to loaf around
to clam up - to refuse to talk, to refrain from talking
to squirrel away - to hide or store something
to badger - to pester, harass
to cat - to vomit (BrE)
to beaver - to work diligently and energetically (BrE)

There are probably many more.

Do insects count?
to fly
to grub (up) - to rummage (especially by digging) | to grub up something to eat
to drone - to speak or proceed in a monotonous manner

wow some I didn't even know of, like "to cat"


also I think to bear is like to tolerate...
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Old March 30, 2010, 10:44 AM
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Yes, it means pato also.
Yes I didn't know it.

I guess
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Old April 01, 2010, 11:19 AM
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Pienso que es to wail

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wow some I didn't even know of, like "to cat"


also I think to bear is like to tolerate...

Also financially speaking a bear market

or a bull market

I can never remember which is which though
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